"OUT OF RESIDENCE" WITHMICHELLE ROSENBERG: Florina, Macedonia, Greece

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Florina, Macedonia, Greece

On November 5th, I gave a lecture at the new visual arts department at the University of Western Macedonia in Florina. Florina is very close to Albania and the Slavic Republic of Macedonia. It's located in the mountains and has an interesting mix of architecture. I found this youtube video, complete with nationalist banter, that illustrates well how lost in time this place is.

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Michelle Rosenberg is an artist and architect who makes participatory installations that investigate how we interact with sound.

In a series of work called "Dynamic Headphones," Michelle modifies portable headphones as well as creates acoustic headphones that reflect and filter live sound. These projects highlight sounds in the environment that previously may have gone unnoticed. In other installations, Michelle incorporates game calls and other noisemakers to animate objects and situations. Several of these public installations allow controlled communication with wildlife.

Michelle has exhibited her work at galleries including Exit Art and PS122 in New York; Western Exhibitions in Chicago; and Small A Projects in Portland, Oregon. She has created outdoor site specific installations at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens; the Peekskill Project in Peekskill, New York; and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She has recently lectured on the history of listening devices for Dorkbot at Location One in New York and attended The Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture in Maine. Michelle was born in Manchester, England to Italian and Jewish Parents. She graduated from the The Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Architecture. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Ms. Rosenberg was nominated by Douglas Repetto, artist, teacher and Director of Research at the Columbia University Computer Music Center.